John Cleese

Although cast members in Wheaton Drama's production of "Monty Python's Spamalot" must sing, dance and act, they also must have a sense of humor, according to the show's director, Peter Lemongelli. "Comedic timing is important," Lemongelli said. "You cannot teach funny. But everyone in the show has it in spades. The key is the Python sensibility. With Python, there are moments when the comedy is subtle, and there are moments when it is over the top. "But it has to have the irreverence and the dry, British humor." Monty Python was a comedy troupe made up of six British actors and writers who, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, had a...

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